breaking_away has definitions from the field of politics
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[ noun ] (politics) the act of breaking away or withdrawing from

Synonyms

breakaway

Examples

: "there was a breakaway by the discontented members" "a breaking away from family and neighborhood"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

For most Brooklyn_College students , college is at_once a perpetuation of their ethnic attachments and a breaking_away from the cage of neighborhood and family .

The breaking_away from the prison_house of Brooklyn is gradual .

Related terms

secession secede

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[ noun ] departing hastily

Related terms

departure

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